Since we all know the joke about opinions, I have one like everyone else, and I’d like to share my
opinion on the economy in 2009 with you. I have been through a few tough times since I joined the automotive
brotherhood in 1971. Actually, I went through rough times before then. While I am the CEO of a company that mentors
947 independent automotive service centers and tire dealers every week, I had three different colleges ask me to
leave, and leave I did. So I have seen in our industry some shops doing better and just as many doing much worse.
So what’s my opinion on 2009 and what can you do to survive?